It's no surprise to most people that I have fallen on my head. Having done it with a regular Bell helmet, I lived without any fracture but a serious concussion and was told I was lucky not to have broken my neck. I've looked at the Hovding closely, I think it would definitely provide better protection in a crash, and would be using one but the sizes available are too small for me. They recently e-mailed me and said they expected it to take years to develop the larger sizes because they have to completely redesign the air bag from the ground up to accommodate bigger people. They recommended looking at helmets built with the MIPS/RPS technology, At least those helmets are tested from multiple angles and exceed industry standards. Just FYI.
Marc On Sunday, November 17, 2013 1:27:25 AM UTC-5, hsmitham wrote: > > Tom, no idea either about Snell evaluating the device. My only opinion is > that it looks uncomfortable wrapped around one's neck...here in arid Los > Angeles I can assure you I won't be wearing one, perhaps if I lived in > Copenhagen but that's not happening either. > > I'm very curious about how the accelerometers detect a tumble > > Tim, it would be fun to know the technically how it senses an imminent > impact. > > Peter, I read the Snobs opinion and it's quite funny I especially like the > idea of one for use in the neither region...and yes they are thinking > outside the box regarding safety which is good. I can't say the same for > the Snob. > > Jeff, I think anything new is a hard sell especially when we are so > comfortable wearing the current helmets...I'd rather see an intensified > effort to make bike travel safer and more efficient here in the land of > petrol beasts. > > ~Hugh > > uc > On Friday, November 15, 2013 9:42:04 AM UTC-8, Tom Virgil wrote: >> >> >> From the end of the video I take it this is some kind of air bag that is >> deployed. >> >> I have no preconceived notion or opinion, but it would be interesting to >> know how an organization like Snell has evaluated it. >> >> Interesting. >> >> Tom >> >> >> On Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:44:05 PM UTC-8, hsmitham wrote: >>> >>> Well now... >>> http://jalopnik.com/swedes-develop-invisible-bike-helmet-1460189477 >>> >>> ~Hugh >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
